Category: Straight From The Kids

Eighteen year-old Jessi Lynn Howell had no idea her picture had been posted on a Facebook page called “530 Fatties.” The page showed candid photos of unsuspecting people, making fun of their weight, specifically targeting people in the Sacramento, Cal…on.aol.com The anonymous cyber bully/bullies that ran the “530 Fatties” Facebook…

It is not a simple task to be a teenager. With raging hormones and awkward social interactions contributing to a chaotic feeling of impending youth, adding bullying and peer pressure can turn a teenager’s life can to a recipe for disaster. NoBullying releases a guide to teenagers bullying. The guide…

Cyber bullying is becoming rampant in Singapore with many students intimidating their peers. ONE in four secondary school students have admitted that they bully their peers online, while one in three said they were victims of cyber bullying in the last one year. These ranged from spreading rumours or vicious…

A woman driver who turned road bully after a minor accident found herself becoming the victim of some vicious cyber bullying when her details were uploaded online. During the accident, Siti Fairrah Ashykin, also known as Kiki, screamed abuses and repeatedly hit the vehicle of the other driver with her…

A free workshop on bullying and cyberbullying will be held Friday, July 25 in Quincy. The daylong workshop, “Bullying & Cyberbullying: Together We Can Make a Difference,” features Tina Meier from Dardenne Prairie, Mo., whose daughter took her own life in October 2006 due, in part, to cyberbullying. The workshop,…

A NEW MOVEMENT ON FACEBOOK IS DISTURBING, AND CAUSING AN OUTRAGE. IT’S CALLED THE FACEBOOK PURGE. IT APPEARS TO BE A ONE-DAY, 12-HOUR, SOCIAL MEDIA EVENT, WHERE KIDS WERE POSTING WHATEVER THEY WANTED ABOUT ANYONE. SOME OF THE POSTS INCLUDED NUDE PICTURES. BUT AS ACTION 7 NEWS ANCHOR ROYALE DA…

Abigail Garcia, 7, lives in Killeen and remembers an instance when another child told her to shut up and not talk anymore. Tierney Butler, 5, is getting ready to enter kindergarten and said she faced a situation with two girls on the playground. “I got pushed,” Butler said. With national…

In cyberspace, bullies can hide and cheaters can prosper. With a new school year on the horizon, security firm McAfee looked at the disconnect between bullying, cheating teens, and their parents’ awareness — or lack thereof. Almost a quarter of kids ages 10 to 17 have witnessed online cruelty —…

Gregory evans talking about importance of owning your own name Gregory Evans CEO, and Founder of Hi-Tech Crime Solutions which is the parent company of National Cyber Security give tips about protecting yourself from Cyber Bullying.Transcription summery: In this fast-changing world of information technology it is important to own online assets like social media…

(Photo : Selena Gomez, Instagram account) Selena Gomez’s Instagram made noise as she called out one cyber bully who left a nasty comment on cancer in one of her photos. Justin Bieber’s on-off girlfriend also advised the Instagram user to be more educated. The “One Less Lonely Girl” singer Justin…